I generally like Yorgos Lanthimos films, but I hope this one can avoid some of the uncomfortable implications of Poor Things.

It’s sad that this has basically become a standard. Subscribe to a service, but then you have to pay extra on top of that to not see ads. Are we now supposed to be grateful that products and services we already pay for aren’t trying to bleed us for every cent they can get?

If you wanna play them all, I’d just go release order:

1. Life is Strange
2. Life is Strange: Before the Storm
3. Life is Strange 2
4. Life is Strange: True Colors
5. Life is Strange: Double Exposure

Life is Strange 2 and True Colors are essentially standalone titles, you can do either of those at any time. There are minor characters from LiS 1 in LiS 2, and there is 1 major character from Before the Storm in True Colors, but knowledge of those characters’ backstories in the other games isn’t critical to knowing what is going on in those respective titles at all.

If you want just the Max and Chloe story, you can play LiS 1 and then Before the Storm, and apparently Double Exposure once that comes out.

Not sure how I feel about Max coming back. I feel like Life is Strange works better as an anthology series. Before the Storm was a nice expansion of the first game, but now the series consists of 3 directly linked titles and only 2 standalone ones.

Not to mention the confusion of it now for new players getting into the series.

“Okay, so start with just Life is Strange, right?”

“Yeah”

“And then after that is Life is Strange 2?”

“No, then there’s Before the Storm”

“That’s the sequel?”

“No it’s a prequel, but it kinda spoils the main twist of the first game if you play it first, so you should do it second.”

“Okay got it, so then after that is Life is Strange 2?”

“Depends on if you want to play release order or if you want to stick with the Max and Chloe timeline.”

“Wait what’s that supposed to mean?”

“So Double Exposure is the actual sequel to Life is Strange.”

“Ok, so then what is Life is Strange 2?”

“Oh it’s completely unrelated. You can play it if you want but not if you’re just looking for the Max and Chloe story.”

“Well I kinda want to see what the whole series has in store, so I guess I’ll still give Life is Strange 2 a try.”

“Well, make sure you play Captain Spirit first.”

“What the hell is Captain Spirit?”

“It’s the prequel to Life is Strange 2. Well, not prequel actually…more like an interquel? It’s also not really its own game per se, more a standalone episode.”

“Does it spoil the twist of the game?”

“No it’s almost completely unrelated. And you should try True Colors in there sometime too. But make sure you play it after Before the Storm.”

“Oh what the fuck…”

From an end user perspective there’s not that much to think about, thankfully.

Basically, it’s like having two websites that mirror each other’s content. You can sign up for Forum A and be able to read and write posts that users on Forum B can also see. People’s names are tagged with the name of the forum they are registered at, but otherwise everything you do and see happens on your own site of choice and there’s no difference where it comes from.

If Forum A doesn’t like Forum C, but Forum B doesn’t mind, Forum A can choose to disconnect from Forum C and hide their users and posts, while Forum B can still see both. It only gets tricky when someone from Forum B makes a post that people from both Forums A and C are in, but all of the posts from C users are invisible to A users.

Is there anything he can do right in their eyes???

Die, probably. But then that would result in President Kamala Harris and I think they’d hate that even more.

Therapy is a good option just to get yourself back into a stable mental place. If you’re a university student, your school can likely help get you in contact with some options and other resources.

I made some friends in college essentially through shared suffering. I am not that close with them anymore, but they are good people and it was fun to commiserate about bullshit finals and hot gossip from around campus. After college, I still make new friends, even in my 30’s. Basically, the best way is to find a hobby. That can be video games even; start playing an MMO or other online game and see if you can find a group of decent people to play with regularly. At any age, you can always join some kind of hobbyist group. A painting circle, an improv group, a community band, volunteer, become a regular at the gym, etc. BUT! You’re at a university; there should be all sorts of clubs, teams, initiatives etc. that you can join to meet new people. Get to know people that like the things you like, find opportunities to hang out more outside of your normal circles, and then friendships develop. But don’t join things just to make friends and meet people. Try to genuinely enjoy what it is you’re doing, because the key is to actually have that common interest. And sometimes you may need to take time to figure out what that is. I once joined some clubs because they were for things I liked, but then it turned out I didn’t like those things in social situations. Sometimes going outside of your comfort zone to try something new is the ticket—something you’d never do on your own but could be fun with others.

As far as relationship, that’s something I can’t really offer advice on because everyone is looking for something different and some people feel that need for intimacy more. The tactic that worked for me was just to not really make it an active priority, and then eventually I found someone to be happy with for a while. But I never agonized during those years I was single because it was never as huge a priority for me as it is for others, so I can’t say that the “wait and see” approach works for everyone. But you’re still young, you’ve got a lot of time to figure out what you’re looking for in a partner. The trend is that younger generations today are starting relationships, getting married, having kids etc. a lot later than previous generations, just the nature of the economy today, so don’t buy into the outdated concept that you’ve gotta find the one in your early 20’s.

“Pwease give us access to your contacts UwU. We wanna find ur friends. All of them.”

It’s like Overwatch, only with no personality or draw.

Science Saru’s previous works include Devilman Crybaby, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, and an episode of Adventure Time apparently?

They make very visually unique works, so I am interested to see where they go with this.

I don’t know who that is, so I guess I don’t think anything at all.

Is that the kid from American Dad?

I don’t know, the idea that users on Lemmy were the best part of Reddit is a bit egotistical, bordering on narcissism.

I think what you’re looking at is simply differences in scale and variety of communities. The user migration to Lemmy was negligible, and I don’t really think content quality here is inherently better than it is there. Rather, I think Reddit has just become too big and mainstream.

1. More Boomers are now using Reddit, which for me seems like the same downward spiral that ended up hitting Facebook.
2. Corporations see people using Reddit for advice and so they spam it up to try to influence shopping habits and land on Google search results.

If Lemmy ever becomes as popular as Reddit, the same thing will happen.

Can a bleached white flag still be called an American flag?

The vast majority of prisons are not private

As FOSS-friendly as Lemmy is, there is definitely a lot of hostility towards Chromium and Android, which are also still FOSS. Even de-Googled.

China is quickly becoming the new dominant colonial power in Africa.

I’d say absolutely, if Cambridge Analytica wasn’t a thing. I’d honestly rather have people not vote than be motivated to go vote because they think the liberal communists are putting fluoride in water to make frogs gay.

It’s somehow always the organizations and individuals who are trying to manipulate people that seem to care the most about people’s voices being heard in politics. Churches, social media, daytime TV, that crazy uncle you don’t like to talk to at family gatherings…

I would love it if the government banned Reddit.

Lemmy I could live without. If any users are making their livelihoods on Lemmy or Reddit, they should find something more productive to do.

TBH I am fully expecting a world where, in the next 10-15 years, some company will make a car that plays unskippable audio ads every X number of miles/km which can be disabled for $9.99/month.

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